NFC Forum

Upcoming Events

Communicasia June 17 — 20, 2008 Singapore

Financial Cards & Payment Asia 2008 July 14 — 15, 2008 , Hong Kong
The use of financial cards-credit cards, debit cards, ATM cards, pre-paid cards, charge cards and smart cards have increased in 2007, part from consumption growth, banks focused on wealth management. This conference aims to focus on the roles of financial cards and payment schemes in modern Asia.

NFC World Asia September 09 — 12, 2008 Grand Hyatt Singapore
Near Field Communication World Asia 2008 is Asias most influencing NFC-focused event that offers valuable insights on NFC advancement. It is a senior level, strategic event that brings together the NFC founders, developers, manufacturers, service providers and merchants across the globe to discuss the latest development, issues, concerns and ROI from current NFC pilot projects.

Mobile Internet World October 21 — 23, 2008 Boston
Mobile Transactions Workshop: This half day program is geared to operators, service providers, technology vendors, chip manufacturers, point-of-sale vendors, mobile banking companies, financial firms (banks, credit card companies, etc.), system integrators, developers and content providers, Mobile transactions are payments and other transactions made with mobile phones and handsets. There are several different approaches. One is Near Field Communication (NFC) where the handset comes physically near the terminal, however not in contact with it. Another approach is to utilize the SMS gateway. The Mobile Transactions market is emerging as various players work together to figure how who in the end will share in the billions of dollars in transaction processing fees that will occur when widespread mobile transactions begin to occur. From online transactions to online auction houses, the convergence of the worlds of the internet and telecom are creating many commerce opportunities.

Member Meetings

Frankfurt, Germany
June 09 — 13, 2008

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
September 15 — 19, 2008

Monaco
December 01 — 05, 2008